PIR Lighting connections

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I have an oldish (7 years) outside light with integral PIR. I want to install it just as an occasional use outside light but do not need/want the PIR function. The only possible feed is from a standard household mains socket (switched with 3amp fuse) but I am not sure how it should be wired. The unit has a 4 wire connection block - Earth, Live(Brown), Neutral(Blue) and Black. I assume the Black would be to connect the switched live if it were fed from the lighting circuit. Would connecting mains Brown/Brown, Blue/Blue, Earth/Earth still work or should I connect mains Brown to unit Black and so bypass the PIR.
Many thanks for any advice.
 
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Impossible to tell from the description. There are no real conventions on internal wiring, and in some cases the lamp wiring do not even appear as external connections.

Post a photo of the connection block and can give a better guess.

But, quite honestly, if its 7 years old, I would be binning it and getting a nice new, energy efficient LED light..
 

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